Show THE neighborhood pleasant grove has a sensation ALSO AN objectionable P M festive at jordan narrows pleasant grove there is a strong pull being made by citizen of pleasant grove to have alexander ellis supersede the present postmistress here all classes and non cormons mormons are pulling together and it will be a pity if they dont sue aeed for ahe present incumbent and her son are decidedly unpopular the office is run solely in their interest without regard to the interests of the public tuey to have an idea that because they run the postoffice post office they have a right to run the town only a littas while aga alie maB Culina limb of the PO took it into his head eliat probably because his mother drew a small stipend from uncle sam he bad a lease on the public water supply and proceeded to appropriate so much of the stream that belonged to another party to his own use the local exponent ef the law took exception to this proceeding and the son of his mother as a consequence was arrested when called upon to do BO he would neither plead guilty or not guilty lie appeared to entertain only sullen contempt for small men that is men hi whose family on the maternal aide there waa no post auice appointment nothing abashed however the legal luminary of P G proceeded to try him aud finding biro guilty assessed damages against the youthful dependent on uncle aam to the amount of 15 for a while he stubbornly refused to settle the judge advised him to seek advice from his friends he said he had no friends and in this the people 0 P G thought he was about correct finally however the head of the department we mean of course abo female head actuated hiob ably by a maternal impulse came to the rescue and thereby saved her stubborn offspring from ignominious imprisonment for it was plain to be seen that alie dauntless justice meant business alex ellia is endorsed for the post office appointment by nine tenths of the citizens he is a peaceable sober and mind your own business sort of a citizen whose good nature and uniform courtesy are in pressing demand at ahn P G postoffice post office UNIT PLEASANT enove sept pleasant grove two boys started up battle creek canyon this morning to see about ciomo cattle on the range when they spied a man dangine to a tree by the neck this frightening them very much they turned their horata homeward on reaching alie city aliey reported the matter to mayor J E thorne who at once summoned of witnesses and started for the corp fae an examination of the and condition of the body showed without a doubt that he had committed suicide he had selected a shady nook near a little spring one limb of a large elm tree hung over the spring with two branches several feet from the ground he had climbed on the lower branch and broken off the small twigs to give him room then taking hia belt from hia waist he made a loop with the buckle end slipped it around hia neck the other end of the belt was then thrown over the upper limb and tied securely sec arely with one of his shoe strings eli opine off from the limb on he was sitting left him hanging about two feet from alie ground lie could cot have been hanging there i more than a day or two from indications on alie body As abon as the party ar S L one 0 f the witnesses recognized the mn ae the one that had been living in provo with br eggertson the body was brought down and sent directly to provo jordan narrows A very pleasant affair occurred here with us on sunday evening it being the birt liday of brother nels johnson one of alie foremen on the cutler jones coa works A subscription was raised among the men for the purpose of presenting him with a big cna easy chair after supper the large eating house was cleared spread on the floor when alie boys from tha var ious camps on the river found ample room to sujoy a splendid concert and dance quite a number of ladies came down from american fork vrho aided in ahe song and especially in the dance miss caroline johnson sirs jas gardner nd miss bromley sang sweetly while chris took tho cake in ten thousand miles away ames brooks favored us with a dancer and james wit poetry composed for the occasion mr nels johnson made a fitting bleech thanking all for their kindly feelings etc we then proceeded with alie dance music being furnis lied by the jordan narrows full quadrille band under the special management of the bros late ol 01 kansas nels will long remember his surprise at alie jordan narrows while those who worked it up will always wish him god speed SMOOT JORDAN september 12 1889 |